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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA                            
533 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2006

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...THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         90    251 PM  95    1924  84      6       90       
  MINIMUM         71    649 AM  44    1987  62      9       73       
  AVERAGE         81                        73      8       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.85 1949   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.59  -0.59     0.31    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.15                      5.89  -1.74     7.46    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.87                     48.59 -13.72    31.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         8      8       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   59                        35     24       70       
  SINCE SEP 1    484                       433     51      621       
  SINCE JAN 1   2977                      2467    510     2952       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     5   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     6   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE LAFAYETTE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        95      1912                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        46      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2006.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2006.......SUNRISE   704 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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